August 26, 2025

*** This hand was suggested by Olap
36-43*  ?
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Total votes: 312
OlapA tricky hand early game with my wife on holiday. Ended up losing by 10
mrob2199

Joined: February 2009 (1740 votes)

Tuesday 3:14 AM
10 cuts( 4 fours,4 sevens,2 sixes) get us to at least 12- the A2 is usually hit or miss but since we are holding one of the threes it is leaning more to miss here
Gougie00

Joined: March 2008 (6228 votes)

Tuesday 3:17 AM
What Rob said, but to emphasize the A2 usually doesnt make much noise in the crib. Lead the 6 and with this combination generate some pegging
dec

Joined: April 2008 (6914 votes)

Tuesday 3:50 AM
Can I get a 6-5-4 here for pegs? dec
Inushtuk1 says: 6d lead then?
james500

Joined: June 2013 (4403 votes)

Tuesday 4:07 AM
* 3-2-6 combo might bring four pegs.
* Every cut that isn't a 5 or 8 is helpful.
(39/46 = 84.7% hit rate).
* A-5 seems one of the safer 5-? discards.

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0-0*, A-6
*13-16, T-J
27-27*, 3-6sp
*39-41, T-J
55-63*, 8-Q
*67-79, 2-4
98-102*, 7-T
*104-115, 7-T

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domandcarol

Joined: August 2023 (205 votes)

Tuesday 4:18 AM
Like mrob2199 said, feeling better tossing A2 while holding a 3
Jazzselke

Joined: March 2009 (2897 votes)

Tuesday 4:29 AM
With opponent at Hole 43 have to show some restraint...
Assman

Joined: May 2024 (497 votes)

Tuesday 5:12 AM
Keeping the A23 together. And keeping the 5 out of the opposition’s hands. A6 is a good toss to pone.
Assman says: Ummmmm. What?
Djgoat

Joined: December 2023 (333 votes)

Tuesday 6:16 AM
Seems like the only choice to me.

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Sgt Pegger

Joined: July 2017 (737 votes)

Tuesday 7:19 AM
He went this a way.
ryman554

Joined: January 2025 (206 votes)

Tuesday 8:18 AM
A third of the way through and we're looking at being down 10+ nearing the halfway point.

There aren't a ton of good hands to hold here that really move the needle +/-2 points, so we do our best to give us a chance at a big hand. Those 4/6/7 look tasty, so we'll toss the A2 which should do a decent job holding crib down.

Cut an X. Ah well, should have held both 5's maybe?
Inushtuk1

Joined: July 2016 (1854 votes)

Tuesday 8:34 AM
This is the optimal discard. The K cut leaves me short; so switching to Offense and the 6d lead. Trying to keep the 5-6 as my last two cards if it seems reasonably safe.
Inushtuk1 says: Btw; this hand has come up before as Dealer, with Halscrib CLX and Ras disagreeing slightly; and then at the same score, but a much later date, Ras agreeing with Halscrib. If only I had kept better notes. Someone with that DCH book could look it up if so inclined.
Inushtuk1 says: I just remember it as being a very interesting puzzle as Dealer, with 4 valid options.
Eolus619 says: Hi Mike …based on board position and the then remaining keep it seems pretty straight fwd to discard the A-2 as n/der…Just a fyi..A-2 is not on Ras’s list of 46 lowest avg. n/der balks ..In one of the more mysterious Ras stats ( al least to me) is the fact that both A-3 & 3-7 are on his list ..🤔…A-2 can run into frequent dealer discards like 2-3..A/2 and A/3..but as Gougie00 reminds us ..one can not defend against everything
Jazzselke says: I have posted this hand more than once as the dealer, because of the many options. I have landed on 23.
Eolus619 says: Dan…Ras has 2/3 on his “approved” sacrifice list when doing so for two or one points https://vashoncribbage.weebly.com/uploads/5/6/7/4/56741021/chart_11.pdf
mfetchCT425

Joined: February 2009 (1673 votes)

Tuesday 8:51 AM
In agreement with all above. Potential for a big hand still exists and I’m not that apprehensive about tossing the touching A-2 as it’s on the “end” and we have some negative delta holding one of the 3s.
MarktheShark

Joined: January 2024 (559 votes)

Tuesday 10:44 AM
Position is not clearly mentioned above. At this point (36-43*), we want to be at 34-44* to be on par. So, we are very slightly ahead and Dealer is very slightly behind. Yes, we are behind by 7 holes, but we do not need to do anything strange. We need 8 holes to get to our next positional hole, 44*. The A-2 pitch is the best pitch for a good hand for us and a poor crib for Dealer. Anything can happen, but play the odds and hope for a good hand later in the game to try to take the lead.
HalscribCLX

Joined: February 2008 (5756 votes)

Tuesday 12:09 PM
At 36-43* playing an Offense strategy for the pegging the dynamic expected averages and win/Loss %s are:

_______________Our
Offense___Hand_Pegs_Crib____Total___W6 %____W7 %
3-5-6-6____7.78+1.63+(-4.42)=4.99____23.0____31.1
2-5-6-6____5.91+1.83+(-4.51)=3.23____20.3____28.3
A-3-5-6____5.41+2.07+(-4.43)=3.05____18.4____27.6
2-3-5-6C___4.28+2.87+(-4.44)=2.71____18.2____27.0

Offense______L6 %____L7 %
3-5-6-6_______42.6____51.8
2-5-6-6_______43.0____55.0
A-3-5-6_______43.0____56.3
2-3-5-6C______42.9____56.8

3-5-9-9 is best for expected averages by 1.76pts. and is appreciably best for Win %s and lowest for Loss %s. So I'll select the A-2 to discard.

After the K cut I'll lead a 6 and play Optimally (cautious offense):

Lead___________Dealer's Pegging Points
6_____________________(-0.87)
3_____________________(-1.36)
5_____________________(-2.64)
Andy (muesli64)

Joined: August 2009 (2355 votes)

Tuesday 3:57 PM
with the flow!